The Trump administration is considering the release of some federal prisoners to reduce the risk of a coronavirus outbreak in the U.S. prison system.
WASHINGTON – The Trump administration is considering the release of some federal prisoners in an attempt to reduce the risk of a larger outbreak of the coronavirus in the nation's largest prison system.
Coronavirus live updates: Medical aid for 3 states as US death tolls hits 417; stimulus, checks hit snag; Sen. Rand Paul tests positive An undisclosed number of other inmates who shared housing with the prisoner also are being quarantined. The isolation order may extend to staff members who were in contact with the prisoner.
David Patton, executive director the federal defender service in New York, said that as many 700 prisoners in the Brooklyn facility and at the federal Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan could meet the CDC's standard as vulnerable to contracting the virus. Precautions already taken at prisonsEarlier this month, the federal system announced it was halting visitation across its 122 facilities that house more than 170,000 inmates for at least a month. The contact restriction also applies to attorney-client meetings, except when approved by prison authorities. Similar restrictions have been announced by local jails and state prison systems across the country, including California and Texas.
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